Tin sealing-wax can.



N0. 704,075. Patented July 8, I902. W. E. MOYER.

TIN SEALING WAX CAN.

(App1 icabion filed Feb. 6, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILSON E. MOYER, OF RICHLAND STATION, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIN SEALING-WAX CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,07 5, dated July 8, 1902.

Application filed February 6, 1902. Serial No. 92,931. (No model.)

To all whom, it rnctg concern:

Beit known thatI,W1LsoNE.MoYnR,a citizen of the United States, residing at Richland Station, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new Tin Sealing-Tax (Jan, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sealing-wax appliers, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in construction and in the method of its operation.

A further object is to enable the user to conduct the operation of sealing with the use of one hand only, leaving the other hand free to use an impression-stamp.

A further object is to provide a device of this character in the use of which there shall be no waste of sealing-wax.

Novel details in the arrangement and construction of the several parts of the invention will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter and the appended claims, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a similar View, partly in sections.

Referring to the drawings, 5 represents a can adapted to contain an inflammable fluid and is provided with a handle 6 and a burner 7. Said burner contains a wick 8, extending into the fluid within the can. The burner screws into the can, as shown in Fig. 2, for convenience in filling the same. An upright post 9 is secured to the top of the can. Said post comprises side walls 9 and a rear wall 9. Near the top thereof said rear wall is bent down, forming an opening 9 therein and an inclined ledge 10 between the side walls 9. The sealing-wax holder is indicated at 11 and is connected to the rear wall 0" of the post 9 by a hinge 12. It normally rests on the ledge 10. The slant of said ledge is such that the holder is brought into proper position with respect to the burner. The holder is open at the top in order that the amount of was therein may be apparent at all times and also for convenience in replenishing it. A spout 13, having a contracted orifice 14, is formed at the end of the holder, through which the molten wax flows. In or.- der that the holder may be moved away from the burner, I provide a guide-arm 15, secured to a button 16, sliding in a slot 17, formed in the rear wall 9" of the post 9. By moving the button up the slot the arm 15 engages the holder and swings it upward and away from the burner, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, by which a waste of wax is prevented. To bring the holder again in position over the burner, the button is pushed down, which removes the arm 15 from the holder, which then resumes its normal position on the ledge 10. A flat spring 18, secured to the guidearm and pressing against the rear wall 9 of the post 9, holds said arm in any position to which it may be moved.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A sealing-wax applier comprising a reservoir for an inflammable fluid, aburner, and an upward-extending post secured thereto, and a sealing-wax holder pivoted to said post, adapted to swing toward and away'from the bu rner,substantially as shown and described.

2. A sealing-wax applier comprising a reservoir for an inflammable fluid, a burner re movably secured thereto, an upward-extend ing post secured to the reservoir, and a seal ing-wax holder hinged to said post, adapted to swing toward and away from said burner, substantially as shown and described.

3. A sealing-wax applier comprising a reservoir for an inflammable fluid, a burner and an upward-extending post secured thereto, an inclined ledge on the post, and a sealingwax holder secured to the post and normally supported by said ledge, adapted to swing away from the burner, substantially as shown and described.

WILSON E. MOYER. Witnesses: I. F. LANDIS, PENROSE F. SMALTZ. 

